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  7. <sect1 id="ch-scatter-changelog">
  8. <?dbhtml filename="changelog.html"?>
  9. <title>Changelog</title>
  10. <para>This is version &version; of the Linux From Scratch book, dated
  11. &releasedate;. If this book is more than six months old, a newer and better
  12. version is probably already available. To find out, please check one of the
  13. mirrors via <ulink url="&lfs-root;mirrors.html"/>.</para>
  14. <para>Below is a list of changes made since the previous release of the
  15. book.</para>
  16. <itemizedlist>
  17. <title>Changelog Entries:</title>
  18. <!-- Changelog template
  19. <listitem>
  20. <para>Date</para>
  21. <itemizedlist>
  22. <listitem>
  23. <para>[name] - New changelog entry.</para>
  24. </listitem>
  25. <listitem>
  26. <para>[name] - Previous changelog entry.</para>
  27. </listitem>
  28. </itemizedlist>
  29. </listitem>
  30. -->
  31. <listitem>
  32. <para>2009-02-08</para>
  33. <itemizedlist>
  34. <listitem>
  35. <para>[matthew] - Install sysklogd binaries to
  36. <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename> for FHS compatibility.
  37. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2317">#2317</ulink>.</para>
  38. </listitem>
  39. <listitem>
  40. <para>[matthew] - Replaced the link to the now non-existent udev-FAQ
  41. to a more general udev information page. Fixes
  42. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2306">#2306</ulink>.</para>
  43. </listitem>
  44. <listitem>
  45. <para>[matthew] - Added a link to the wget-list file. Fixes
  46. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2333">#2333</ulink>.</para>
  47. </listitem>
  48. <listitem>
  49. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Module-init-Tools-3.6. Fixes
  50. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2343">#2343</ulink>.</para>
  51. </listitem>
  52. <listitem>
  53. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to File-5.00. Fixes
  54. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2342">#2342</ulink>.</para>
  55. </listitem>
  56. <listitem>
  57. <para>[matthew] - Added a patch to suppress a warning added in
  58. Tar-1.21 that causes the Perl testsuite to fail.</para>
  59. </listitem>
  60. <listitem>
  61. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to MPFR-2.4.0. Fixes
  62. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2341">#2341</ulink>.</para>
  63. </listitem>
  64. <listitem>
  65. <para>[matthew] - Install MPFR's documentation. Fixes
  66. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2232">#2232</ulink>. Thanks to Randy
  67. McMurchy for the report and assistance with the fix.</para>
  68. </listitem>
  69. <listitem>
  70. <para>[matthew] - Remove an unneeded --sysconfdir parameter in
  71. Inetutils' instructions. Fixes
  72. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2313">#2313</ulink>.</para>
  73. </listitem>
  74. <listitem>
  75. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.28.4. Fixes
  76. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2340">#2340</ulink>.</para>
  77. </listitem>
  78. <listitem>
  79. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Binutils-2.19.1. Fixes
  80. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2339">#2339</ulink>.</para>
  81. </listitem>
  82. </itemizedlist>
  83. </listitem>
  84. <listitem>
  85. <para>2009-02-01</para>
  86. <itemizedlist>
  87. <listitem>
  88. <para>[matthew] - Remove the redundant SBINDIR parameter from
  89. IPRoute2's commands. Fixes the remaining part of
  90. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2307">#2307</ulink>.</para>
  91. </listitem>
  92. <listitem>
  93. <para>[matthew] - Install DRM-related Linux headers, as suggested by
  94. Chris Staub in <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2307">#2307</ulink>.
  95. </para>
  96. </listitem>
  97. <listitem>
  98. <para>[matthew] - Added preloadable_libintl.so to list of files
  99. installed by Gettext. Thanks to Chris Staub for the report and patch.
  100. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2312">#2312</ulink>.</para>
  101. </listitem>
  102. <listitem>
  103. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Udev-137. Fixes
  104. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2328">#2328</ulink>.</para>
  105. </listitem>
  106. <listitem>
  107. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Tcl-8.5.6. Fixes
  108. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2305">#2305</ulink>.</para>
  109. </listitem>
  110. <listitem>
  111. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Tar-1.21. Fixes
  112. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2309">#2309</ulink>.</para>
  113. </listitem>
  114. <listitem>
  115. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Patch-2.5.9. Fixes
  116. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2239">#2239</ulink>.</para>
  117. </listitem>
  118. <listitem>
  119. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.17. Fixes
  120. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2327">#2327</ulink>.</para>
  121. </listitem>
  122. <listitem>
  123. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.28.2. Fixes
  124. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2316">#2316</ulink>.</para>
  125. </listitem>
  126. <listitem>
  127. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to IPRoute2-2.6.28. Fixes
  128. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2324">#2324</ulink>.</para>
  129. </listitem>
  130. <listitem>
  131. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Inetutils-1.6. Fixes
  132. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2308">#2308</ulink>.</para>
  133. </listitem>
  134. <listitem>
  135. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Groff-1.20.1. Fixes
  136. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2322">#2322</ulink>.</para>
  137. </listitem>
  138. <listitem>
  139. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to GCC-4.3.3. Fixes
  140. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2334">#2334</ulink>.</para>
  141. </listitem>
  142. <listitem>
  143. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to E2fsprogs-1.41.4. Fixes
  144. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2336">#2336</ulink>.</para>
  145. </listitem>
  146. <listitem>
  147. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Bison-2.4.1. Fixes
  148. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2300">#2300</ulink>.</para>
  149. </listitem>
  150. <listitem>
  151. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Bash-3.2.48. Fixes
  152. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2319">#2319</ulink>.</para>
  153. </listitem>
  154. </itemizedlist>
  155. </listitem>
  156. <listitem>
  157. <para>2009-01-24</para>
  158. <itemizedlist>
  159. <listitem>
  160. <para>[matthew] - Corrected some package tarball sizes. Fixes
  161. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2290">#2290</ulink>.</para>
  162. </listitem>
  163. </itemizedlist>
  164. </listitem>
  165. <listitem>
  166. <para>2009-01-03</para>
  167. <itemizedlist>
  168. <listitem>
  169. <para>[bdubbs] - Reformatted several pages so pdf is properly
  170. generated. Thanks to Martin Miehe for the changes.
  171. </para>
  172. </listitem>
  173. </itemizedlist>
  174. </listitem>
  175. <listitem>
  176. <para>2008-12-29</para>
  177. <itemizedlist>
  178. <listitem>
  179. <para>[bdubbs] - Split one udev rule so it is not wider than the
  180. book's page.
  181. </para>
  182. </listitem>
  183. </itemizedlist>
  184. </listitem>
  185. <listitem>
  186. <para>2008-12-24</para>
  187. <itemizedlist>
  188. <listitem>
  189. <para>[bdubbs] - Updated the location of glibc-2.8-20080929.tar.bz2.
  190. </para>
  191. </listitem>
  192. </itemizedlist>
  193. </listitem>
  194. <listitem>
  195. <para>2008-12-19</para>
  196. <itemizedlist>
  197. <listitem>
  198. <para>[robert] - Added -v to the install command for the convert-mans
  199. script in the man-db page, for consistent use of verbose commands.</para>
  200. </listitem>
  201. </itemizedlist>
  202. </listitem>
  203. <listitem>
  204. <para>2008-12-18</para>
  205. <itemizedlist>
  206. <listitem>
  207. <para>[robert] - Removed the unneeded -e option from the Sed command
  208. in the chap6 Findutils page, for consistency.</para>
  209. </listitem>
  210. </itemizedlist>
  211. </listitem>
  212. <listitem>
  213. <para>2008-12-07</para>
  214. <itemizedlist>
  215. <listitem>
  216. <para>[jhuntwork] - Update Greg Schafer's entry in the acknowledgments section to
  217. properly reflect the work done in designing the build method.</para>
  218. </listitem>
  219. </itemizedlist>
  220. </listitem>
  221. <listitem>
  222. <para>2008-12-06</para>
  223. <itemizedlist>
  224. <listitem>
  225. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to vim-7.2-fixes-4.patch. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2296">#2296</ulink>.
  226. </para>
  227. </listitem>
  228. <listitem>
  229. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Udev-135. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2284">#2284</ulink>.</para>
  230. </listitem>
  231. <listitem>
  232. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Shadow-4.1.2.2. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2287">#2287</ulink>.</para>
  233. </listitem>
  234. <listitem>
  235. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to readline-5.2-fixes-6.patch. Fixes
  236. <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2295">#2295</ulink>.</para>
  237. </listitem>
  238. <listitem>
  239. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Ncurses-5.7. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2276">#2276</ulink>.</para>
  240. </listitem>
  241. <listitem>
  242. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Module-Init-Tools-3.5. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2245">#2245</ulink>.
  243. </para>
  244. </listitem>
  245. <listitem>
  246. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-Pages-3.15. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2269">#2269</ulink>.</para>
  247. </listitem>
  248. <listitem>
  249. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Man-DB-2.5.3. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2283">#2283</ulink>.</para>
  250. </listitem>
  251. <listitem>
  252. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Linux-2.6.27.8. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2282">#2282</ulink>.</para>
  253. </listitem>
  254. <listitem>
  255. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Kbd-1.15. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2291">#2291</ulink>.</para>
  256. </listitem>
  257. <listitem>
  258. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Bison-2.4. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2281">#2281</ulink>.</para>
  259. </listitem>
  260. <listitem>
  261. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Binutils-2.19. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2268">#2268</ulink>.</para>
  262. </listitem>
  263. <listitem>
  264. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to bash-3.2-fixes-9.patch. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2294">#2294</ulink>.
  265. </para>
  266. </listitem>
  267. <listitem>
  268. <para>[matthew] - Upgraded to Automake-1.10.2. Fixes <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2286">#2286</ulink>.</para>
  269. </listitem>
  270. </itemizedlist>
  271. </listitem>
  272. <listitem>
  273. <para>2008-12-04</para>
  274. <itemizedlist>
  275. <listitem>
  276. <para>[jhuntwork] - Introduce new build method in Chapter 5 originating
  277. in DIY-Linux. Thanks, Greg Schafer.</para>
  278. </listitem>
  279. <listitem>
  280. <para>[jhuntwork] - Move instructions for GRUB to chapter 8 just after the
  281. compilation of the kernel. Merge GRUB build and configuration instructions
  282. into one page.</para>
  283. </listitem>
  284. </itemizedlist>
  285. </listitem>
  286. <listitem>
  287. <para>2008-12-03</para>
  288. <itemizedlist>
  289. <listitem>
  290. <para>[jhuntwork] - Initial addition of support for building on x86_64.
  291. Several ideas, principles and build instructions originated in DIY-Linux.
  292. Thanks, Greg Schafer.</para>
  293. </listitem>
  294. </itemizedlist>
  295. </listitem>
  296. <listitem>
  297. <para>2008-12-02</para>
  298. <itemizedlist>
  299. <listitem>
  300. <para>[jhuntwork] - Moved grep up in the build order of chapter 6
  301. to be before libtool which hardcodes references to grep in its installed
  302. files. Was previously circumvented by a symlink, but this approach sticks
  303. more closely to our build order policy. Thanks to Greg Schafer for the reminder.</para>
  304. </listitem>
  305. </itemizedlist>
  306. </listitem>
  307. <listitem>
  308. <para>2008-12-01</para>
  309. <itemizedlist>
  310. <listitem>
  311. <para>[jhuntwork] - Adjusted the line break in the adjusting toolchain
  312. section so that the output redirection does not look like a secondary
  313. bash prompt. Thanks to Chris Staub for the idea.</para>
  314. </listitem>
  315. </itemizedlist>
  316. </listitem>
  317. <listitem>
  318. <para>2008-11-23</para>
  319. <itemizedlist>
  320. <listitem>
  321. <para>[ken] - Added note to gmp about CFLAGS on 64-bit-capable
  322. machines. Reported by Tobias Gasser, thanks to Greg Schafer for
  323. the analysis.</para>
  324. </listitem>
  325. </itemizedlist>
  326. </listitem>
  327. </itemizedlist>
  328. <para>LFS 6.4 released November 23, 2008.</para>
  329. </sect1>